Read more about the article How to Fight Legacies of Monarchy-Entrenched Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism For a More Just And Equitable Nepal

How to Fight Legacies of Monarchy-Entrenched Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism For a More Just And Equitable Nepal

Autocratic Shah monarchy and feudal Rana oligarchy entrenched structural discrimination and systemic casteism in Nepal for more than two centuries, structurally privileging the ruling caste, the hill so-called high caste Hindus. Shackled by their legacies in the twenty-first century, Nepal still struggles to make progress. But, even as challenging and daunting as fighting against and correcting them in order to create a just and equitable Nepali society for all may appear, there are ways forward. Education has a major role to play.

In a three-post blog series, I am reproducing the answers Grok 3 provided on the subject. This one--the third and final one in the series--details the way forward.

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Read more about the article Legacies of Shah Monarchy’s Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism in Nepal

Legacies of Shah Monarchy’s Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism in Nepal

Autocratic Shah monarchy and feudal Rana oligarchy entrenched structural discrimination and systemic casteism in Nepal for more than two centuries, structurally privileging the ruling caste, the hill so-called high caste Hindus. Shackled by their legacies in the twenty-first century, Nepal still struggles to make progress. But, even as challenging and daunting as fighting against and correcting them in order to create a just and equitable Nepali society for all may appear, there are ways forward. Education has a major role to play.

In a three-post blog series, I am reproducing the answers Grok 3 provided on the subject. This one--the second one in the series--details the legacies of the deliberately instituted structural discrimination and systemic casteism.

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Read more about the article Nepal’s Shah Monarchy DELIBERATELY Entrenched Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism

Nepal’s Shah Monarchy DELIBERATELY Entrenched Structural Discrimination And Systemic Casteism

Autocratic Shah monarchy and feudal Rana oligarchy entrenched structural discrimination and systemic casteism in Nepal for more than two centuries, structurally privileging the ruling caste, the hill so-called high caste Hindus. Shackled by their legacies in the twenty-first century, Nepal still struggles to make progress. But, even as challenging and daunting as fighting against and correcting them in order to create a just and equitable Nepali society for all may appear, there are ways forward. Education has a major role to play.

In this first of a three-post blog series, I am reproducing the answers Grok 3 provided on the subject. This one details how all that happened and/or how they were all deliberately instituted.

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Read more about the article What is Caste Privilege?

What is Caste Privilege?

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Because of the LONG social, political and economic casteist history of Nepal, the hill co-called High Caste Hindus benefit from many (structural) privileges, while others are disadvantaged. But what percent in Nepal are aware of that, forget doing something actively in their everyday lives to counter their devastating impacts? What percent are even knowledgeable about what caste privilege is? This blog post summarizes some of that which constitutes caste privilege.

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Read more about the article NOT Surprised Nepal’s Judiciary is Corrupt; Would Have Been if NOT — Here’s Why

NOT Surprised Nepal’s Judiciary is Corrupt; Would Have Been if NOT — Here’s Why

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I am NOT surprised by the fact that so many of the systems in Nepal are so thoroughly corrupt. Reason? Select ethnic/caste groups(s) monopolizing State structures continuously for centuries, as had been the case in this country, is itself one of the root causes -- if not THE root cause -- as well as evidence of corruption.

The judiciary is no exception.

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Read more about the article To a hill so-called High Caste Hindu Professor, sharing evidence of structural issues is being “communal” and having “venom” for “certain ethnicity”!

To a hill so-called High Caste Hindu Professor, sharing evidence of structural issues is being “communal” and having “venom” for “certain ethnicity”!

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One of the many legacies of the long casteist history of the country is the major structural issues Nepal continues to face. Evidences abound! But I keep coming across hill so-called High caste Hindus who can't see or refuse to see the evidences for what they are.

This is about one such man, a professor at a medical college no less!

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Read more about the article Disaggregation of 419 Applications for 14 Positions at an NGO (Non-profit) Expose Structural Issues in Nepal

Disaggregation of 419 Applications for 14 Positions at an NGO (Non-profit) Expose Structural Issues in Nepal

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Breakdown of 419 applications for 14 positions at an NGO (non-profit) along gender, caste, qualification lines expose the structural issues inherent in the Brahmanical and highly patriarchal Nepali society.

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Read more about the article Ever Wondered Why We Have Such Warped Structures in Nepal? Here’s Part of The History Responsible For That

Ever Wondered Why We Have Such Warped Structures in Nepal? Here’s Part of The History Responsible For That

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Nepali social, economic, and political structures are completely warped. The hill so-called high caste Hindu men are disproportionately highly represented in pretty much every body of note. How did that happen? Here's a little bit of history about that and more.

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Read more about the article Caste Hierarchy, False-equivalence Argument, and Mount Everest

Caste Hierarchy, False-equivalence Argument, and Mount Everest

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When a hill so-called high caste Hindu counters a member of another caste describing the challenges in their lives because of the caste they are born into by saying that they too struggle and have had to work hard to get as far as they have gotten in life, they are basically making a false-equivalence argument. What is a false-equivalence argument anyway? I go into the details by using an analogy -- that of climbing Mount Everest.

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